Bell, Ron: my NATO recollections (November 22, 2005)

Rank: Brigadier General.

Interviewee: Bell, Ron

ABSTRACT: Brigadier General Ron Bell Interview with Mr. Bell covers his time in NATO, working in Metz, France during the Cold War era. Mr. Bell talks about his time as a CF-100 interceptor navigator and working on land based radar in France. Mr. Bell covers aspects of Cold War training, and details about the CF-100.

Interviewer: Bowen, Sarah

An interview/narrative of Brigadier General Ron Bell's experiences in NATO during the Cold War era. Interview took place on November 22, 2005.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Bowen, Sarah
• Bell, Ron

Subject

• Personal narratives--Canadian
• Military history
• Cold War (1945-1989)

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 22, 2005

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• France

Coordinates

• 46, 2

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording on audio cassette also available.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• reminiscences
• interviews
• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)

Archival item identifier

• BR_518

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• July 17, 2012

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2012. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/3rh1-8t79

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